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Show LOCATE DEPOSIT OF T0BE1HHL Found Sixty Miles South west of Salt Lake, Runs High in Uranium A deposit of tobernite a m neral con ,ta n ng a h gh percentage of u an um has been found recently by Geo ge S mp son s x m es west of the Ajax stat on on the Sa t Lake Route M M Bush forme y s er ff of Tooe e Mr S mpson and TV am AJa of Tooe e 1 ave ocated s x c a ms on what t ey bel e e to be the ore bear ng edge The p operty is about sixty mi es southwest of Salt Lake Accord ng to Mr Bus the depos t nay be traced a d stance of about 6000 feet It 1 es n a shale be t w n n estone above and benea t s about t ree feet th ck n a ho zon al bedd ng p ane and he as been unab e up to the p esent t me to de ermine ts idth T e sur face -Bork t at has oeen done s 1 m ted t e f nd be ng of recent da e Spec mens taken f om the p operty w e ana yzed gave a et n of 39 pe cent u an um w t aces of s ver go d and anad um Tee has been no s and ard fo ores of th s nature du Ing t c past two yea s and under the c rcum s ances t e chance for s andard zat on according to t e In ted S ates geolo ca survej Fo merly pr ces var ed much but 2o to 30 cents a pound for he eon a ned vanad um oxide and $1 80 to ?1 50 per pound for the conta ned uran um ox lde wne e t e ceeded 2J per cent seem to lave been the rue t e suney ays Accord ng to David Taylor of David Taylor 4; Co b yers of ores and rare meta s there s no market for uran um ox de at present The f rst occurrence of he m nera tohern te n t e Un ted States was n the Ba e No 1 mine in North Caro na It has a so been mined in Saxony Por tuga and Cornwal and m ne a o ists are of the op nion that when becomes known to prospecto s d scoveries w be more common |